Paint brush protector



e. s. HANSON I, 2,004,320 PAINTBRUSH PROTECTOR June 11, 1935.

Filed Ju ly a, 1953 INVENT R ATTORNEY to'rtedand di Patented June 11, 1935 I" To obtain; best results in the use of; paint brush'es,-it is essential that the bristle end of the brush shouldtaper should be flexible;

However, in practice; after the v paintbrush has been used for some time;-the bristles; become disvided into groups whichadhere together, due to the commonfpractice of position ing the brushes in not in use.

same paint pot paints of different paint pots and the like when, Frequently brushes are placed in the after h aving been used with colors with" the-'resultthat thepaints of the brushes inixandthe brushes must be tediously tcleanejd before they can" again be While" the cost of j'tlie average paint brush] is down to a chisel pointand positioned inapaintpot, i l I tsa perspective 'view of the paint brush :protector, showing, "dotted "linesgthe 1 cleansing purposes,

not very great; item (if-replacement of paint brushesJis a very considerable onewhere large numbers of brushes areused, particularly "brush ues of the typeused for specialized{work} This invention relates to paint brush protectors designed to brushes by preventing the distortion of the bristle end of the brush, and has a device of this character ily to economical manufacture from 1 suitable metal by simple tools and dies, is compact and complete in itself, efficient and positive in operation, and may be readily applied to and removed from paint brushes. It is a further object of my invention to provide a paint brush protector adapted to be stamped out of ordinary sheet metal in large quantities at a negligible cost so that the same may be distributed gratuitously for advertising purposes by manufacturers and others or may be purchased, at low cost, by paint brush users.

It is another, object of my invention to provide a paint brush protector which is of such simple construction that no skill or particular attenwhich lends itself readtion is required to use it,'thereby assuring its use by even the most careless individuals and by those who, due to their mechanical inexperience, would shun a complicated structure.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a paint brush protector made from a, single blank of suitable metal adapted to bereadily folded into its completed position and to be easily opened from time to time in order to clean the same. i

A further object of my invention is to provide a paint brush protector designed to enable the free circulation of liquids through the protector and around the paint brush positioned therein.

A further object of my invention is to provide 1 plete prolong; the useful life of :paint as its object to provide which 'will not get out of ordermetal, preferably sprin (meal-anami --proof construe tion consisting of a minimum in; use; 6 Theseand-other-advantage *willlater appear,are-accomplished by the simple and'practical construction 'partshereinafter described andexhibited in the number of parts,

ous objects which H V I 5 and arrangement of accompanying drawing, formingparthereof," and in which s Figgl representsa perspective viewof the; paint brush protector" embodyin Fig. 2 represen mannerf in which the same may be opened for Fig, 3 represents a top plan view "of the blank 101:, a my invention, shown from which the device: is" made, the blank being ;foldablealong the dotted linesto make the comet i V. i Fig.""4 represents a transverse sectional view taken on lines 4-, 4 of Fig. 2. n I

As shown in the drawing, my deviceis preferablymade from a flat, blank of suitable sheet g metal, stamped or cut to gral with the rear wall 2, rably integrally connected at the folding line 4. The

form a handle I inte the latter being prefe with the front wall 3 rear wall 2 is marginally bent-along the lines 5 to flanges 6 with which said lu elements or lugs provide inwardly 'exten wall 3 is provided with able along the lines 8t ding flanges 6. The front extended POltions 1 foldo provide curved holding 9 (see Fig. 2), adaptedto snap over the flanges 6. lyextending flanges 6 are brought closer to the rear wall 2 of the device (see Fig. 4) then the upper ends thereofv (see Figs. 1' and 2) thereby providing a V-shaped pocket l0 for the reception of the bristle end of the paint brush I l. v Inasmuch as the device, as previously stated, is preferably made from spring metal, the front wall 3 with its attached holding lugs 9 can be readily disengaged from the inwardly extending gs haveholding engagement, and may be brought forward, into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to facilitate the, cleaning of the device. v The. lower ends of theflangesfi are inwardly directed to spacethem from the front wall 3 (see Fig.4) so that, when the device is inserted into a paint pot I2, as shown in Fig. 1, the paint or brush cleaning liquid I3 may freely circulate The lower ends of the inwardthrough the device and around the bristle endof protector may be positioned in a paint pot or the like while the brush is not in use or may be positioned in asoftening or cleansing liquid which will circulate therethrough to further eflectuate the preservation of the paint brush.

The front wall 3 may be brought closer or farther away from the rear wall 2 by merely directing the flanges 6 at the point at which the lugs 9 of the front wall engage the same, outwardly or inwardly, as desired, to enable the device to accommodate paint brushes of various dimensions and sizes. The front wall 3 may also be bent to accommodate oval-shaped paint brushes, and the device may be made in various sizes and dimensions for use in connection with paint brushes of various sizes. g

If it is desired, the handle may be offset rearwardly from the rear wall 3 and may be provided with a depressed portion M designed to engage with the edge of the receptacle 12 in which the device is positioned, to prevent the device from slipping from its vertical position therein.

The device described above may be readily manufactured by the use of suitabletools and dies, at such low cost that the same may be distributed free for advertising purposes or as a premium, and, for this purpose, the front wall 3 is admirably adapted to bear advertising matter as shown in Fig. l.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications, without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 l. A paint brush protector, comprising a front wall and a rear wall provided with a handle extending upwardly theref om, said handle being provided with a depressed portion designed to have engagement with the edge of the receptacle in which the device is positioned, to prevent the device from slipping from its vertical position therein.

2. A paint brush protector made from a single blank of metal, comprising a rear wall provided with inwardly extending flanges and a front wall provided, at its upper end, with lugs adapted to have holding engagement with said flanges, to removably secure said walls together, the upper ends of said flanges being spaced farther from the rear wall than the lower ends thereof, to provide a unitary V-shaped paint brush receiving pocket.

blank of metal comprising a rear wall provided with inwardly extending marginal flanges and a front wall integrally connected with said rear wall and provided with lugs adapted to snap over and have holding engagement with said flanges to removably secure said walls together, thereby providing a V-shaped paint brush receiving pocket, said front wall being spaced from the marginal flanges to enable the free circulation of liquid through the protector and around the paint brush positioned therein.

4. A paint brush protector made from a single blank of metal comprising a rear wall provided with outwardly curved and inwardly extending flanges, and a front wall integrally connected with said rear wall and provided, at its upper and, with curved lugs adapted to snap over and have holding engagement with the outwardly curved portion of said flanges, to removably secure said walls together, said flanges, along a portion of their length, being spaced from the front wall to enable liquids to freely circulate through the protector. GUSTAF 40 SIGFRID HANSON. 

